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Item Details
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THE DISAPPEARING DUCHESS
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| By: |
Imogen Rossi |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£5.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1471401839 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781471401831 |
| Publisher: |
HOT KEY BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2013 |
| Series: |
The Last Apprentice |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
A thrilling magical mystery set in a re-imagined Renaissance VeniceTwelve-year-old Bianca feels like the luckiest girl in Venice. Bianca's beloved Lombardi is given a poisoned cup of wine at a party, and collapses - but not before giving Bianca a magical paintbrush, which allows her to travel through hidden doorways throughout the city. |
| Synopsis: |
A thrilling magical mystery set in a re-imagined Renaissance VeniceTwelve-year-old Bianca feels like the luckiest girl in Venice. She's apprenticed to the most famous painter in the world - Annunzio di Lombardi - and she's learning all the tricks of the trade in the most glamorous and powerful place in the city: the Duchess's Palace. But one night disaster strikes. Bianca's beloved Lombardi is given a poisoned cup of wine at a party, and collapses - but not before giving Bianca a magical paintbrush, which allows her to travel through hidden doorways throughout the city. Bianca will have to use all of her pluck, courage and cunning to find out who tried to hurt her master - and to discover what is wrong with the Duchess, who is behaving very strangely indeed...THE LAST APPRENTICE is a delightful and exciting mystery perfect for middle-grade readers looking for feisty heroines, sinister baddies and a good dash of magic and suspense. |
| Reader Age: |
From 9 to 12 years |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Hot Key Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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